Damon L. Chesser wrote: 8< big snip 8<
Bob, Yes, that also worked just fine. The only problem remaining is my volume plugin for gkrellm does not come back up with my controls enabled: After every reboot, I have to reconfigure the plug in to have volume sliders for Master, PCM, CD, etc etc. This happens if I blacklist it or set alsa priority to -2
Mmm I don't use that package so I don't know, there seem to be a couple of potentially relevant bug reports, have a look and potentially file a new one.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=gkrellm-volumeDo you have a spare graphics card that doesn't have an onboard sound function you can temporarily swap in to help pin down the problem?
Good luck.